It would be nice if you could use your Smart Trip Card on the VRE. All the Bus systems and the Metro Rail accept this card and I think it would even be a good marketing idea for the VRE.As the VRE trains head toward DC,they stop at Metro Stations and other Bus transfer points.The easier you make it for people to use mass/public transportation,the more likely they will.I remember being on the very first VRE from Manassas
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Given the tremendous commuter flows across the Potomac River bridges, put in mass transit lines. The Wilson Bridge has dedicated lanes. There, start by running a rush-hour express bus between Huntington and Suitland, with a possible extension to Springfield. This would be similar to the N11/N13 that died due to lack of publicity. It may be possible to resurrect the 14 using the I-495 express lanes to reduce time. Eventually,
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Planners have mixed ideas on Rt 1 - some want it to be a major commuter corridor, others want it to become a mixed-use walkable community. The two visions are ordinarily incompatible (fast traffic kills pedestrians), but there is a way to satisfy both: (1) extend Yellow Line (underground) to Ft Belvoir (or, preferably, to Lorton or Woodbridge) to reduce overall traffic count; and (2) build traffic tunnels (like Dupont
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has asked the county’s Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) to work with county staff to engage county residents and businesses in a dialogue about unfunded transportation projects in Fairfax County. The results of this dialogue will assist the Board of Supervisors in selecting transportation priorities that can be addressed with new and existing revenue sources through Fiscal Year 2020.

The County has identified nearly two hundred capital and operating projects important for maintaining or improving a safe and efficient transportation network. These projects are in addition to projects that are already funded and in progress. These unfunded projects provide -new capacity, and include interchange improvements, roadway extensions, spot improvements, roadway widening projects, transit, and pedestrian and bicycle improvements.

The Board of Supervisors would like community feedback on this list of unfunded projects. View an interactive map of the projects to learn details about each project, and then complete the online survey to indicate the projects which are most important to you.

We invite you to share your ideas and comments on the projects, and to vote for submissions you agree with. Your ideas and comments will be shared with county officials and planners. Thank you for your interest and contributions to the Countywide Dialogue on Transportation.

Some questions to answer: What works well on the existing site? What do you want on the site that is not there now? What is on the site now that you think could be removed? What info should be shown on a route page? How should routes be organized? And any others you can think of.

Two things we already know: You want real-time technology and you want us on Google Transit. We are currently in the contract process to acquire real-time technology, and where we cannot utilize Google Transit, we are planning to embed our route maps using a Google base map.

We invite you to share your ideas and comments on the site redesign, and to vote for submissions you agree with. Your ideas and comments will be instrumental in completing our web redesign process. Thank you for being wonderful passengers!

The purpose of the Fairfax Countywide Transit Network Study (CTNS) is to establish a long-term network of high quality transit corridors. Recommendations for where Metrorail should be extended, where streetcar or light-rail systems are appropriate, and where dedicated lanes that allow buses to move faster could go, will all be developed based on the results of this study. Additional questions the study seeks feedback and comments on include, but are not limited to, the following:

What do you think are the travel markets of greatest importance to Fairfax County?

Within a travel market, what types of transit functions (commuter, destination, circulator) do you think are of greatest value to Fairfax County?

What types of transit technologies should be considered to serve that function?

What additional land use or transportation system policy changes should be considered to optimized transportation system performance and effectiveness?

We invite you to share your ideas and comments on the CTNS, and to vote for submissions you agree with. Your ideas and comments will be shared with county officials and planners to help guide the study to reflect the transit needs and desires of all Fairfax County residents and visitors. Thank you for your interest and contributions to the Fairfax Countywide Transit Network Study.